Okay this post might get me in trouble.
Since I've had several years to follow Ukrainian politics I've reached the conclusion that they really want to be Italians. Italy has had a change in which coalition is ruling the country nearly every year or two since World War II. Now Ukraine's President has set their third election since the Orange Revolution brought democratic rule to Ukraine in December 2004.
Ukraine's President Yushenko disolved parliment (Rada) and has set snap elections for December 7, 2008. Prime Minister Tymoshenko has appealed to a court in Kyiv which has ruled the President does not have the constitutional authority to call the elections. The President responds that the judge that made the ruling had already been fired.
What does this mean for the adoption. Probably nothing. Even if the elections take place on December 7, it is unlikely that any party will be able to quickly form a ruling coalition. We are hopeful that we will have the kids home in early January and can follow the politics from a safe distance.
http://www.wwitv.com has a good English language channel under the Russian section. Also there is often either a channel in English or English subtitles running under one of the news channels in the Ukrainian section. I also enjoy http://www.kyivpost.com for newpaper coverage as well.
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Found your blog today off of Heidi adn Felix's. I love the Italy analogy, the only way it will affect the adoption is if all Department Heads step down in support of their leader (happened to us in 2007) Then a new director of the SDA will be appointed and they will shut down while they reorganize. Pray for PEACE in Ukraine!
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